How common is the surname Foss?

14,094 people in the United States had the surname Foss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,906 Americans. It ranked 2,563rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Foss?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Foss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Foss?

Lukas Foss, American composer (1922-2009), followed by Frank Foss.

Where is the surname Foss most common?

Wikidata records people named Foss in the United States.

Is the surname Foss getting more or less common?

More common. 13,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,094 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Foss

A surname, carried by 14,094 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foss is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Meaning "fox". From Old Saxon fohs, fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,094 people named Foss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,906 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,737.

#2,563

rank among US surnames

14,094

people in 2010

4.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,418)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,554	Vanhorn	14,151	21,818
#2,555	Lockett	14,140	21,835
#2,556	Elam	14,138	21,838
#2,557	Maier	14,135	21,843
#2,558	Gruber	14,131	21,849
#2,559	Angeles	14,128	21,853
#2,560	Irizarry	14,114	21,875

Who is named Foss

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Foss identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fosss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lukas Foss
American composer (1922-2009)
Frank Foss
American pole vaulter (1895–1989)
Eugene Foss
American politician (1858-1939)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Foss

Foss has the Soundex code F200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F200.

Questions

Where does the surname Foss come from?: Meaning "fox". From Old Saxon fohs, fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.
How common is the surname Foss?: 14,094 people in the United States had the surname Foss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,906 Americans. It ranked 2,563rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Foss?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Foss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Foss?: Lukas Foss, American composer (1922-2009), followed by Frank Foss.
Where is the surname Foss most common?: Wikidata records people named Foss in the United States.
Is the surname Foss getting more or less common?: More common. 13,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,094 in 2010, up 2.6%.